Wall-bed.



W. s. JENSEN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1909.

Patented June 7; 1910.

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`i srnrs r'r WILLIAM S. JENSEN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

WALL-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 16, 1909.

Patented June '7, 1910. Serial No. 483,736.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM S. JENSEN,

-of Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vall-Beds, of which the following is a specilieation.

My invention relates to wall or folding beds of the disappearing type, and the object of the invention is to provide means for closing or concealing the opening in the wall when the bed is let down to a horizontal position, the closing means disappearing within the opening in the wall when the bed is raised to a vertical or folded position.

A further object is to simplify and improve the means ordinarily employed for closing the opening.

A further object is to simplify and imi prove the construction of the bed itself and render it more suitable for the purpose designed.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

`In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional view, illustrating the bed in its lowered or horizontal position, with the opening in the wall closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view, illustrating the bed raised and the closing means withdrawn from the opening in the wall. Fig. 3 is a horizontal, sectional View on the line X-X of Fig. 2.

In the drawing, 2 represents a recess in the wall having an opening 3 communicating therewith. A base board i is provided beneath the opening and a casing 5 is arranged to inclose the opening.

6 is a bed, hinged at 7 to the base board having a bottom plate S that is finished in any suitable manner to present a neat appearance when the bed is raised and usually provided with a glass 9 and shelves 10 on each side, which, when the bed is lowered, form legs to support it above and parallel with the floor.

The head 11 of the bed may be of any suitable material, preferably a combination of wood and metal, and the side rails 12 of the bed and the bottom plate are rigidly secured to the head on each side by means of triangular plates 13, which are riveted to the bed frame and to the metal bars 14E, which form a portion of the head l1. These plates serve to strengthen the frame of the bed very materially at the point where it is hinged to the base board.

Vhen the bed is lowered, it is desirable to provide some means for closing the opening in the wall above the bed. Various means have been employed for this purpose, but all of them have been more or less unsatisfactory, either because of the additional expense involved or the inconvenience ef operation. To obviate these diiiiculties, I provide a door, composed of an upper section 15 hinged at 16 to the casing 5, and a lower section 17, that is hinged at 18 to the lower edge of the upper section. When these sections are lowered to a vertical position, they completely close the gap between the head of the bed and the top of the opening leading to the recess 2.

To assist in raising the bed to its vertical position, I provide coil springs 19 on each side of the opening leading to the recess, attached at 20 to the upper walls of the recess and having their lower ends connected to cords 21, which pass under pulleys 22 and are connected to the upper portion of the head 11. These springs are put under tension, when the bed is lowered, to aid in raising it. It is necessary, 0f course, when the bed is raised, that the entrance-closing means be withdrawn. I therefore, provide a cable 23, attached to the head of the bed and extending up over a pulley 24 in the upper part of the recess and from thence to the lower portion of the hinged section 15. Then therefore, the bed is raised, the hinged door sections will be lifted also to the position indicated in Fig. 2, and the bed can be swung into the recess, completely closing the same. The door sections may be finished in any suitable manner to correspond with the decorations of the room wall.

I claim as my invention 1. A wall having a recess therein and a bed adapted to swing upwardly into said recess, tlie opening into said recess above the head of the bed being exposed when the bed is lowered to a horizontal position, a door suspended within said opening in the plane substantially of said wall and normally closing the said opening when the bed is lowered to a horizontal position, and means actuated by the movement of the bed when raised `for withdrawing` said door backwardly into said recess out of thc path of the bed.

2. The combination, with a wall having a recess therein, of a bed hinged ai one end and adapted to fold upwardly into said recess, a door composed of sections hinged together, the upper section being hinged to the top of said entrance, and means connecting said door with said bed, whereby when the bed is raised, said door will be swung inwardly into said recess, for the purpose specified. p i

b. The combination, with a wall having a recess therein adapted to receive a bed,` a bed capable of swinging to an upright folded position within said recess, a door arranged to close the entrance to said recess when the bed is lowered, said door being composed or' lower and upper sections hinged together, and said uppersection heing pivot-ally connected with the wall or' said recess, and said upper section being of greater width than the depth of the bed, and flexible means connecting said door with ,"aid bed, whereby when the bed is raised said door will Abe drawn inwardly to its folded inoperative position and when the bed is lowered, said door will drop by gravity to its closed or operative position 4. A wall having a recess therein and a hed adapted to swing to an upright position within said recess, a door suspended at its upper end and adapted to move forward into the openingabove'the head of the bed when it is lowered to a horizontal position to con ceal said recess, and means actuated by' the n iovement or' the bed to an upright position t'or retracting said door within said recess.

5. A wall having a recess therein, a bed adapted to swing upwardly into said recess and a horizontally hinged door suspended at its upper end and arranged to close the opening leading to said recess, said door swiii'ging inwardly when the bed is raised and returning to its normal closing position when the bed is lowered.

G. The combination, with a wall having a recess therein, of a bed adapted to swing upwardly within said recess, and a door arranged to close the opening leading to said recess, saiddoor being hinged at its upper end and adapted to swing inwardly when the bed is raised and return automatically to its vertical closed position when the bed is lowered., i

7, A vwall having a recess therein, a bed adapted to swing upwardly into said recess and a door pivotally suspended Within the opening leading to said recess, said door assuming a vertical closing position in the plane substantially of said wall when the hed is lowered and. moving backward into said recess out of the path of the bed when it is raised. l

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of March 1909.

WILLIAM S. JENSEN.

lVitnessesz p p C. C. HANsoN, J. A. BYING'roN. 

